China warned the US to steer clear of Taiwan, but the US Navy says it could send an aircraft carrier

The US Navy is not ruling out the possibility of sending an aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait, Navy leadership said on Friday.

“We don’t really see any kind of limitation on whatever type of ship could pass through those waters,” Chief of US Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told reporters in Tokyo, Reuters reported. “We see the Taiwan Strait as another (stretch of) international waters, so that’s why we do the transits.”

Richardson’s statement in the Japanese capital reflects the US military’s determination to operate wherever international law allows.

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